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Quite a few people would have read Superman: Red Son, where the baby Superman lands in the USSR and the story goes on from there; in this book he lands somewhere quiet different, Weston-super-Mare. Whereas Red Son was a serious what-if storyline, this is more tongue in cheek, a comedy of a graphic novel. With John Cleese (THE John Cleese) co-writing this it seemed that this was going to be a book that shouldn't be taken seriously at all, however that isn't the case at all. Sure the humor may be a bit dated, but John Cleese's comedy was designed so that it didn't offend the target market, hence the old British stereotypes being used here rather than ... Read the complete review
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